"THE SIGN ON THE DOOR."

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 25 March 1922, Page 5

"THE SIGN ON THE DOOR."

| The News, in speaking of the opening ' performance of "The Sign on the Door" in Perth says:—" "Xhe Sign on . the Door' justifies loud language of praise. Nothing to eflual it has been I shown in Australia tor many years, and the people of Perth should pride themselves upon having had the first , opportunity to see such a play. The j story runs swiftly through a maze of j possibilities to a climax as startling as (it is satisfactory. Anne, the wife of "Lafe" Regan, prior to her marriage, had an experience with Frank Devereaux, a polished adventurer. Devereaux visited the Regans and fasi cinated Helen, the daughter of the husband by a former wife. Complications arise. Mrs. Regan, learning that Helen had an appointment to meet Devereaux at his rooms, set out to save her. Her husband had left home earlier to confer with his friend. Anne reached the room before the daughter, and while she was there the husband arrived to get even with the scoundrel. Deveraux was shot by Regan, and to save her husband Anne confessed to the murder. Then followed a thrilling procession of incidents, culminating in j surprising fashion. The audience was spellbound by the dramatic power of the play, the sustained intensity of which captivated the imagination and ) proclaimed the genius of the author." ! This play will, be staged in Hawera on Friday by J. C. Williamson's popular "Scandal" Company, headed by Maude Hanaford and W. J. Kelly. The box plans open on Wednesday at Everybody's Sweet Shop.